19:05 Southwell

Monday 9 November 2020

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Heed Your Hunch At Betway Handicap

Off time: 19:05 | Winning time: -

(2)

Thawry¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 68| C

12/1

Course winner. Latest win here in October. 11/4, creditable head second of 9 to Artistic Streak in handicap at this course (16.5f) 13 days ago. Each-way shout.

Form: 854142

(8)

Hermocrates^p¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Cieren Fallon| T: J Mackie| OR: 68

3/1

Good second of 7 in handicap at this course (12.1f, 11/2) 13 days ago, clear of rest. Step back up in trip will, if anything, be a good thing and he's high on the shortlist.

Form: 416-072

(6)

Sea Of Mystery^b¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-11| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 65| BF| C

33/1

Course winner. 9/4, well-beaten sixth of 9 to Artistic Streak in handicap at this course (16.5f) 13 days ago, finding little. Opposable on the back of that tame display.

Form: 1-53926

(1)

Beat The Heat^p⁶^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Charlie Bennett| T: J R Boyle| OR: 65| CD

10/3

Four wins from 10 runs this year. Career best when winning 5-runner handicap (30/100) at this course (12.1f) 6 days ago, responding well. More needed under a penalty, but feared nonetheless.

Form: 311511

(9)

Sociologist^p²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Barry McHugh| T: S Dixon| OR: 64| C

14/1

Course winner. Respectable third of 11 in handicap at Catterick (12.1f, heavy, 11/1) 23 days ago. Looks vulnerable from a win point of view.

Form: 267363

(7)

Artistic Streak¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Ella McCain⁽⁷⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 60| C

14/1

Won 9-runner handicap (18/1) at this course (16.5f) 13 days ago by head from Thawry, digging deep. 3 lb rise in the weights may be enough to find her out.

Form: 74-3751

(5)

Lady Isabel^p²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: B A Curtis| T: J Parr| OR: 66| BF

11/2

Winner at Windsor in October. 7/4, creditable fourth of 16 in handicap at Windsor (11.4f, good to soft) 21 days ago, slowly away. Up in trip on this fibresand debut and she's one to consider.

Form: 0-06514

(3)

Bollin Neil^p²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Rachel Richardson| T: T D Easterby| OR: 57| D

16/1

3/1, bit below form third of 14 in handicap at Yarmouth (11.5f, heavy) 20 days ago. Back up in trip on fibresand debut and improvement needed now that new mark has kicked in.

Form: 367113

(4)

Let Me Be¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: L Morris| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 50| D

18/5

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. Fairly useful winner at 17f in bumpers. Very good second of 11 in handicap at Catterick (15.9f, heavy, 6/1) 13 days ago, clear of rest. Not taken lightly.

Form: 8532

Forecasts

Hermocrates (3/1), Beat The Heat (10/3), Let Me Be (18/5), Lady Isabel (11/2), Thawry (12/1), Sociologist (14/1), Artistic Streak (14/1), Bollin Neil (16/1), Sea Of Mystery (33/1)

Dual bumper winner LET ME BE couldn't live with the highly progressive Main Fact (winner again since) at Catterick, but he beat the rest by a country mile and is very appealing off the same mark here on his second run in a handicap. Hermocrates returned to form when going close over 1½m here last time and is a much-respected main danger, while Lady Isabel is also of interest over this new trip.